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Green, C. Paul; Orsak, Charles G. – 1976
To determine the need for the development of a vocational education program in solar energy, an advisory committee considered opportunities for solar energy technicians and the need for the development of training programs and curricula and formulated recommendations for a program and curriculum. They concluded that the immediate need for persons…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Courses
Simons, Gary Francis – 1979
Strategies are developed for understanding how language variation limits communication. Methods of measuring communication are discussed, including an intelligibility measure used in the Solomon Islands. The analysis of data gathered using communication measurement is discussed. The result of the analysis is a determination of the number of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Culture Contact, Diglossia
Mishra, Shitala; And Others – 1977
A manual was developed to assist administrators to assess the needs of their institutions, parents, students, staff, and educational programs relative to bilingual program planning. A second area of focus is the identification of Lau students, or students whose home language is other than English and who are not performing conceptually and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Surveys, Cultural Background, Data Analysis
Gose, Frank J. – 1979
A study of the educational needs to be met by the Verde Campus of Yavapai College (YC) involved surveying seven populations. Responses were returned by 88 non-retired community residents, 96 retired members of the community, 191 members of the business sector, 240 current students, 208 former students, 19 faculty members, and 261 high school…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, College Faculty, Community Characteristics
Miller, Susan W., Comp. – 1980
Resources are listed for community college vocational educators working with handicapped students. The bibliography first provides an operational definition of "handicapped" and then enumerates and annotates resources under the following topics and bibliographic forms: (1) assessment of the vocational educational needs of the handicapped, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges
Russell, Earl B. – 1980
Vocational education can contribute to the creation of new jobs through educational programs for employers or prospective employers and through collaborative efforts with community leaders. Local leadership is the most essential ingredient in successful job creation programs at the community level. Local leaders can work to obtain baseline…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Bauman, James J. – 1980
This guide is concerned with possible solutions to the dilemma faced by American Indians, who want to maintain their ancestral language and customs on the one hand but integrate themselves into the mainstream of the economy on the other. The tenacity of Indian languages and the importance they have for their speakers are demonstrated by the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Community Involvement
Council for Higher Education, Jerusalem (Israel). – 1979
The activities of the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education (Israel) are presented in this annual report for 1977-78. The address of the committee chairman emphasizes the need for insuring the essence and quality of Israeli higher education. The report of the Director General summarizes the committee's activities for…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, College Faculty, Committees
Kleppick, Annabelle L.; And Others – 1978
The development and evaluation of a nontraditional program with a major in Long Term Care Administration is presented. Part 1 presents an evaluation of the impact of the program on students, faculty, the curricula for long term care administration, and in the field of practice. Student characteristics are established and the performance of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Bachelors Degrees, Curriculum Evaluation
Boston Univ., MA. School of Education. – 1977
This is the second of four volumes reporting phase 2 of a two-phase project to examine the competency-based vocational teacher education movement and analyze the current state of the art (phase 1), and to assess the implications for preservice, inservice, and leadership level professional development programs in career and occupational education…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Coordinators
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1977
A study was done to gather and compare data regarding continuing education needs of New York State adults, the present delivery system for continuing education in the state, and inservice training needs of continuing education faculty and administrators. The study had a three-part data collection effort. Subsequent to developing survey…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Cernota, Henry R. – 1975
A study was conducted to identify the current needs of truck mechanic apprenticeship training programs, the problems experienced in these programs, and possible solutions to these problems. Research data was collected by the following methods: A questionnaire was completed by operating and maintenance people in the trucking industry in the Chicago…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics, Educational Needs
EPD Consortium C, Houston, TX. – 1976
Objectives of a training project for a consortium of colleges were to provide on-site assistance to new vocational technical teachers, conduct approved teacher education courses for eligible personnel, assist the state in conducting workshops for vocational technical personnel, develop needs assessment and delivery system with community colleges,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Credit Courses, Delivery Systems
Bramstedt, Wayne G., Comp. – 1979
Sources of information on North American Indians in the Los Angeles metropolitan area are listed in this bibliography of 125 entries relating to urban studies, minority peoples, and migration, as well as specific Indian issues. Citations are organized alphabetically by author under publication type: masters' theses and doctoral dissertations,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indians, Biculturalism
Finch, Curtis R.; Crunkilton, John R. – 1979
Examination of selected national and state level career education curriculum development projects provided the basis for consideration and comparison of major strategies used in deriving curriculum content. Those found most useful included the theoretical base, philosophical base, introspection, function approach, task analysis, Delphi approach,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Comparative Analysis
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